If you only wish to encode the files without copying the files directly to your PSP, Nero Recode will start transcoding without having the PSP connected to your computer. If you want to copy the files directly to your PSP, the device has to be connected to your computer. Please follow the steps below:

If you like to copy your files directly to your iPod®, the iPod® has to be connected to your computer and iTunes® must be installed. Then you will be able to copy your files directly onto your iPod® from within Nero Recode.

If you only wish to compress the files with Nero Recode without copying the files to your iPod®, it is neither necessary that iTunes® is installed nor that the iPod® is connected to your computer. Please keep in mind that if you wish to copy the video files later to your iPod®, iTunes® has to be installed.

The existence and the number of subtitles depends on the selected Nero Digital Profile.

For every subtitle of the MPEG-4 file, it is possible to select 1 or max. 2 subtitles (or of course no subtitle)

Click on the page 'Subtitles' on the dropdown-button 'Main subtitle track' and select your subtitle or choose 'None', if you do not wish to create subtitles.
Click on the dropdown-button 'Secondary subtitle track' and select your subtitle or choose 'None' if you do not want to add a second subtitle track."

Nero Recode allows you to recode non-copy-protected DVD movies to DVD or hard drive while maintaining optimal quality. You can recode entire DVDs while retaining the original menus, recode the main movie, or convert DVD movies to Nero Digital™.

The Advanced Video High Definition is a new file format for HD captures on DVD, memory card or hard drive. Especially new camera modules use high-resolution formats that captureAVCHD in various variants (e.g. 1920x1080i or 1080p). The video material is compressed with the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec. Audio is saved in AC3 (Adaptive Transform Coder 3) format or for the standard NTSC and PAL formats in Linear PCM format.

You can choose one or multiple audio-streams for the sound track (max. 3) and select the encoding type.

Click on the page 'Audio' on the dropdown-button and select your Audiotrack.
If the selected audio track allows encoding to different qualities, it is possible to select your settings here. Please select your Nero Digital Audio settings by clicking on the desired options.
Stereo: The Audio stream will be encoded to 2-channel stereo.
5.1-channel Surround: The Audio stream will be encoded to 5.1-channel (Surround).
Clicking on the button 'Settings' will open a window with audio settings for the selected Audio-stream. Please read the chapter 'select audio settings' for further information.
Click on the tab for the next audio-stream and repeat the steps 1-3 for further audio-streams.

With the implementation of the official ETSI-standard for AC-3 storage in MP4 in the latest version of Nero 9, Nero Digital MP4 files are fully compatible with the current and future industry standard.
Nero Digital MP4 files that were created in older Nero Recode versions (before Nero Recode 4 / Nero 9) are not compatible with the current and future industry standard.
Therefore we provide a command line conversion tool which patches Nero Digital MP4 files that use the old style for the AC-3 audio track to Nero Digital MP4 files using the official ETSI-standard to ensure compatibility with future devices and software.
Please proceed as follows:
Download the file NeMP4Remux.zip, save this file to your desktop. NeMP4Remux
Unzip the ZIP-file with WinZip or WinRAR and save the content to your hard drive.
To patch your older files with help of the command line so that they are compatible with newer versions proceed as follows:
Click "Start" in the Windows start menu.
Click the "Run" command. The window "Run" will open.
Enter "cmd" in the "Open" text field and click the "OK" button. The DOS window will open.
Browse to the NeMP4Remux.exe path (where you extracted the *.exe file) and enter “space” > input file “space” > output file
eg: C:\Dokuments and Settings\\Desktop\NeMP4Remux.exe
We would like to draw your attention to the following:
Files created with Nero Recode 4 are already created according to industry standard (ETSI) compliant AC-3 audio tracks by default, so no conversion is needed in this case to ensure compatibility with future devices and software.
Nero ShowTime 4 will not recognize the AC-3 audio track in the converted file,so please keep the original files for playback in Nero 8.

Blu-ray technology refers to burning on special data carriers. In comparison to DVD's, which use a red laser in order to read and write data, Blu-ray discs are written with a blue laser.
The shorter wavelength (405 nm) of this blue laser makes it possible to position the laser with greater accuracy. Data can be written in a more compact manner and takes up less space on the disc. A Blu-ray disc can store up to 25 GB on a single layer disc and up to 50 GB on a dual layer disc.

Advance Audio Coding is an audio compression method defined under the MPEG-4 standard. AAC has a higher compression ratio than other comparable formats (e.g. MP3) and achieves high audio quality starting at 64 kbit/s already. This encoding format is used, e.g. in online music stores and online radios.

Advanced Video Coding is a video compression standard. AVC was developed for maximum encoding efficiency and makes it possible to produce good quality video compression at low bit rates. It is one of the mandatory video compression methods for high-definition television transmissions and for mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, PDA's).

P-frames (predicted frames) refer to predicted pictures in MPEG compression. They are based on predictions and guesses from previous intra-frames (I-frames) and P-frames. They only include the change information in comparison the the previous frame. Since P-frames feature a higher compression ratio than I-frames, the compressed data volume is smaller, since only the changes are saved in the frame.

Letterbox refers to an aspect ratio transferring method with which, e.g. a video file with 16:9 aspect ratio is adjusted for the 4:3 television aspect ratio. Black bars are placed above and below the picture.

Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding refers to an encoding method for digital video files. CABAC is an integral part of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoding standard. Instead of variable-length bit strings, a different arithmetic encoding method that makes it possible to reduce the bit rate between 10% and 20% (and therefore reduces space requirements) is used.

Multithreading refers to a processor's capability of processing several tasks simultaneously. In the field of software, it also refers to the distribution of computing work for a certain task among several processors.

Please consider that if using AVI-Files, a Codec might have to be installed so that you will be able to edit them in Nero Vision. Please install a Version of DivX or XviD Codec. (A stable version of these codecs can be found on the Website www.doom9.org.)

The national television system Committee Standard is a standard for video and TV in the USA and Japan. NTSC has more individual frames (29.97 frames per second) than PAL, but has fewer horizontal lines (525 lines).

Bicubic interpolation is an image processing method. If an image is enlarged beyond its original size, not only are the four neighboring pixels analyzed to calculate the new resulting pixel, but other nearby pixels are analyzed as well. This way, the new pixel is interpolated based on eight neighboring pixels.

Bilinear interpolation refers to an image processing method. If a picture is enlarged beyond its original size, the resulting new image pixels are calculated based on the average between the four neighboring pixels. The more a picture is enlarged with this method, the less sharp it becomes.

A Group of Pictures refers to a group of consecutive individual pictures in the picture flow of a video file. Each movie or video flow consists of consecutive GOP's. The viewable individual pictures are generated from them.

Lanczos interpolation refers to an image enlargement method. The method was developed according to an algorithm created by Cornelius Lanczos. This interpolation method provides high quality and good sharpness levels. However, the actual visual resolution of the images is not increased.

A macroblock refers to a block consisting of 16x16 pixels, and constitutes the basic unit in the MPEG standard, on which motion encoding is based as well. A macroblock contains information regarding the brightness and color distribution of a video picture.

Streaming refers to the continuous transmission of data that can already be played during the transmission procedure. This means that it is not necessary to wait until a media file has been transmitted completely before it can be played back. A TV channel can be received and displayed at the same time without it first having to be saved to the hard drive.

The “Nero Digital Subtitle Settings” window in Nero Recode allows you to create your own subtitle track. You can also import a subtitle track that is already available. In order to be able to import the track, the file must be saved in one of the following formats: SUB, SRT, SMI, SSA, ASS, PSB.
You can only insert your own subtitle track if you have selected the Nero Digital or AVC profile category and, accordingly, one of the following profiles for encoding: Standard, Cinema, or HDTV.
Please note that your player (i.e. stand alone DVD-Player) has to support Nero Digital to be able to play back the file.